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Calling Sehmat is the 2008 spy thriller novel written by Harinder S. Sikka based on real events. It was Sikka's debut novel, first published by Konark publishers in April 2008. A revised edition was subsequently published by Penguin Random House India in May 2018.
Jan 1, 2018 · Sehmat is the young daughter of a Kashmiri businessman who runs a secret network of spies between India and neighbouring Pakistan, especially as the climate between the two countries has turned tense. When he is diagnosed with an incurable ailment, his last wish is to see Sehmat take over his intelligence network.
Calling Sehmat is his second book. It is being made into a film, Raazi, by Meghna Gulzar, scheduled for release in May 2018. Sikka lives in New Delhi with his family. Prologue In the semi-darkness of dawn the muezzin called out, ‘Allahu Akbar, Allahu Akbar . . .’ His passionate, full-throated appeal to the Almighty broke the stillness of the new day and slowly Maler Kotla began to stir. As if on cue, the
When a young college-going Kashmiri girl, Sehmat, gets to know her dying father's last wish, she can do little but surrender to his passion and patriotism and follow the path he has so painstakingly laid out. It is the beginning of her transformation from an ordinary girl into a deadly spy.
- Harinder Sikka
Apr 12, 2018 · It is based on Harinder Sikka’s novel Calling Sehmat. The former Lietenant Commander of Indian Navy published the book in 2008 about a Kashmiri woman was married off to a Pakistani officer to...
May 11, 2018 · Author Harinder Sikka, whose ‘Calling Sehmat’ has been made into Alia Bhatt-starrer Raazi is set to reveal the identity of Sehmat. She was the Indian spy who passed on critical information ...
May 2, 2018 · Interviews. Author Harinder Sikka On The Real Sehmat And How He Tried To Rope In Gulzar, Akshay Kumar and Angelina Jolie For Raazi. The writer's 2008 book Calling Sehmat is the basis of Meghna Gulzar's film. He talks about briefing Alia Bhatt and helping with set design. Gayle Sequeira. Updated on : 02 May 2018, 3:17 am.
May 10, 2018 · Harinder Sikka’s debut novel, Calling Sehmat, tells the true tale of an Indian spy who was solely responsible for saving the country from losing the 1971 Indo-Pak naval war. The book is no...
Nov 28, 2019 · When a young college-going Kashmiri girl, Sehmat, gets to know her dying father’s last wish, she can do little but surrender to his passion and patriotism and follow the path he has so painstakingly laid out. It is the beginning of her transformation from an ordinary girl into a deadly spy.
May 14, 2018 · Something she does with extreme courage and bravado, till she stumbles on information that could destroy the naval might of her beloved country. Inspired from real events, Calling Sehmat . . ....
